S. Hall Young

[1] Young graduated from the University of Wooster in Ohio and the Western Theological Seminary in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

During a mountain climb on Mount Glenora (near Glenora, British Columbia) near the Stikine River, he almost fell to his death after dislocating both arms and was only saved from a narrow ledge when John Muir pulled him to safety with his teeth.

This story is detailed by John Muir and Young in multiple subsequent publications.

[1] While exploring Alaska with John Muir, Young undertook a census of the native people living there.

[1] Young died at the age of 79 in Clarksburg, West Virginia and is buried in Syracuse, New York.

Samuel Hall Young, circa 1879.
Scanned image from book by Samuel Hall Young, Alaska Days with John Muir , published in 1915